What's your current monkey status?

What's your current monkey status?

Current ugrad - finance/econ/acct-related
38% (426 votes)
Current ugrad - non-finance / undecided
7% (76 votes)
Recent finance/econ/acct grad and looking for work
4% (50 votes)
Current grad student - MBA/MSF or equiv
9% (102 votes)
Recent MBA/MSF or equiv graduate, looking for work
2% (21 votes)
Currently work in finance/banking, 0-5 years
28% (312 votes)
Currently work in finance/banking, 5+ years
3% (36 votes)
Quit / left finance/banking by choice / retired
2% (19 votes)
Recently laid-off from finance/banking
1% (13 votes)
None of the above, finance/wso is just a hobby
2% (27 votes)
Other (k-12, actual monkey, etc)
4% (41 votes)
Total votes: 1123
11 Comments
 

nice to see the "Recent MBA/MFA or equiv graduate, looking for work" category is at 0%

First person that comes out this fucking door gets a... gets a *lead salad*, you understand?
 
everymannice to see the "Recent MBA/MFA or equiv graduate, looking for work" category is at 0%

They don't have work hence they can't afford internet therefore it's so low.

 
everymannice to see the "Recent MBA/MFA or equiv graduate, looking for work" category is at 0%

Pretty ugly right now.. starting to question the value of an advanced degree.

As of 24 March 5PM: *(recent ugrad looking for work)/(current ugrad) = .09 *(recent mba/mba grad looking for work)/(current mba/mfa) = .22

"There are three ways to make a living in this business: be first, be smarter, or cheat."
 

None of the above, finance/WSO is just a hobby 2% (17 votes)

who are these people?

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. J. Paul Getty
 
doinggodsworkNone of the above, finance/WSO is just a hobby 2% (17 votes)

who are these people?

People considering a move to finance/engineers thinking about going the MBA route, people who want investment advice, etc.
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

Interesting the discrepancy between actual financial professionals and naive college students, kind of dishearteningactually....recent ugrad looking for work here

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